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Morley makes two executives redundant
UK – Morley Fund Management is combining its European and international business units resulting in a board reshuffle and the loss of two senior executives, citing market conditions. Malcolm Le May and David Tremblay are to leave the fund management firm at the end of January.
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France’s Oddo hires Credit Agricole’s Bert
FRANCE – Oddo Asset Management has appointed Louis Bert as board member and head of equity investment management in Paris.
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UK’s Railpen boosts investment team
UK – Railpen Investments, the fund manager of UK’s rail industry pension schemes, has restructured and made two additions to its investment and actuarial team.
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Calpers ends 40-year wait for female board member
US – The largest pension fund in the world, Calpers, has named Priya Sara Mathur as the first woman to its board for 40 years. Not only that, but the 29-year old is also the 133 billion dollar fund’s youngest ever board member.
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AIB hires ex-Nestle UK pension executive McKeand
UK – The former head of investments at food company Nestle’s UK pension fund, Innes McKeand, has been appointed as chief investment officer at AIB Investment Managers.
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Fortis IM names global equity investments head
BENELUX/US - Fortis Investment Management has appointed Charles Burbeck of Schroders as head of global equity investments, to be based in Boston.
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UK’s HBOS reshuffles managers as Burt retires
UK – HBOS plc, has appointed George Mitchell as governor of its Bank of Scotland unit and Sir Ron Garrick as deputy chairman of HBOS following the retirement of Sir Peter Burt.
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Green Paper passes UK actuary test
UK – The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has welcomed many of the proposals put forward by the UK government in its Green Paper.
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TUC demands seat on UK Pension Commission
UK - The UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for the government to include it in the line up of a new Pension Commission that will look at the issue of compulsory supplementary pension saving....
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Credit Suisse Asset Mgmt reorganises management
GLOBAL – Credit Suisse Asset Management has made a series of organisational changes, including the formation of a global executive committee and a reduction in the number of operating regions in a bid to bring the company in line with the Credit Suisse group.
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Marchand to head Norway’s Statens Pensjonskasse
NORWAY – The Norwegian government has appointed a new head for the State Public Sector Pension Fund, Statens Pensjonskasse. Gisele Marchand has been named as director for a six-year term.
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Threadneedle to run e155m Russell equity mandate
UK - Threadneedle Asset Management has been appointed to run a 100 million pound (155 million euro) UK equity mandate for Frank Russell Co.
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Davies quits UK’s Financial Services Authority
UK – The chairman of the Financial Services Authority, Sir Howard Davies, has decided to step down, having served in the position for over five years.
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Mercer hires PwC’s investment head
UK – Pensions consultancy firm Mercer Human Resource consulting has named Gordon Clark as a European partner, based in London.
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Chiswell names head of pension fund marketing
UK – London-based investment manager Chiswell Associates has appointed Simon Hill as its new head of pension funds marketing in a push to develop its institutional pension fund business.
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HBOS names managers at Rothschild Asset Management
UK – HBOS’s investment arm, Insight Investment Management, has announced its new senior management structure following the acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management this week.
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UK's NAPF names Faulkner chairman
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has appointed Terry Faulkner to replace Peter Thompson as its chairman, effective from the NAPF’s annual conference in May 2003.
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RLAM wins e204m mandate at West Midlands
UK – West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities' four billion pound (6.3 billion euro) pension fund has appointed Royal London Asset Management to run a 130 million pound (204 million euro) UK non-government portfolio.
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Deutsche AM loses e566m West Sussex mandate
UK – Deutsche Asset Management has lost a 360 million pound (566 million euro) mandate for the West Sussex County Council pension fund. The balanced portfolio, equating to half the entire fund, will now be managed by Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford.
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AGF reappoints SocGen as global custodian
FRANCE – Société Générale says it has been reappointed as global custodian for Allianz AG’s French insurance subsidiary AGF. The global custody and trustees services for AGF represent 70 billion euros, and the mandate will commence as of July 2003.
